Railways
total: 950 km
narrow gauge: 950 km 1.067-m gauge (260 km electrified)
note: the entire system was shut down in June 1995 because of insolvency; most of system maintained in good order to facilitate transfer in 1997 to private sector concessionaires

Highways
total: 35,597 km
paved: 6,051 km
unpaved: 29,546 km (1996 est.)

Waterways about 730 km, seasonally navigable

Pipelines petroleum products 176 km

Ports and harbors Caldera, Golfito, Moin, Puerto Limon, Puerto Quepos, Puntarenas

Merchant marine none

Airports 158 (1997 est.)

Airports - with paved runways
total: 27
2,438 to 3,047 m: 2
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1
914 to 1,523 m: 18
under 914 m: 6 (1997 est.)

Airports - with unpaved runways
total: 131
914 to 1,523 m: 31
under 914 m: 100 (1997 est.)

NOTE: The information regarding Costa Rica on this page is re-published from the 1998 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Costa Rica Transportation 1998 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Costa Rica Transportation 1998 should be addressed to the CIA.